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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Alligator bites off the arm of a Florida man fleeing police短吻鱷咬斷一名躲避警方的佛羅里達男子手臂
◎周虹汶
A Florida man was hospitalized after an alligator chomped off his hand and forearm as he sought to elude authorities by running into a lake, police said on Thursday.
警方週四說，佛羅里達州一名男子被送入醫院，在他試圖躲避當局搜尋而跑入一處湖泊，被一隻短吻鱷咬斷他的手與前臂以後。
Jessie Kingsinger, 21, was missing three-quarters of his left arm when he crawled out of the lake in a wooded area behind an apartment complex, said Sergeant Gary Gross, a spokesman for the Lakeland Police Department.
萊克蘭警察局發言人、警司蓋瑞．葛羅斯說，當21歲的傑西．季辛吉爬出位於一棟公寓大樓後方森林區的湖泊時，失去了他4分之3的左臂。
He apparently had run into the water as authorities searched for him on Wednesday evening, after his mother asked for help getting him to a medical facility for psychiatric evaluation.
當局週三晚間追尋季辛吉時，他顯然早已跑進水裡，在他母親要求協助讓季辛吉進入醫療機構進行精神評估以後。
"We expect it had just happened, seconds before he crawled out, otherwise he would have bled out immediately," Gross said in a telephone interview.
葛羅斯在一通電話訪問中說：「我們猜想整件事才發生不久，就在他爬出的幾秒以前，否則他早就立刻失血過多而死。」
Kingsinger was hospitalized for treatment of his injuries, along with an unspecified psychiatric issue, he said. (Reuters)
他說，季辛吉入院治療傷勢以及一項不明的精神問題。（路透）
新聞辭典
bite off：片語動詞，指咬斷、截去、停止說話。例句：He always bites off more than he can chew.（他總是做超出能力所及的事。）
chomp：動詞，指使勁地嚼、咬響牙齒。例句：She chomped hungrily through the large steak.（她狼吞虎嚥地啃著那一大塊牛排。）
elude：動詞，指逃避、使迷惑、無法理解、抓不到。例句：Sleep eluded me.（我失眠了。）
